Jul 12 2004

From NC To DC

Well folks, I'm back. My whirlwind weekend mercifully came to an end last night and now I can focus on getting my life started again in my new locale. Although I haven't exactly been here very long, I really like DC so far and I have a good, positive vibe about the place. I have a few friends in the area, both old and new, and they should be able to keep me entertained and go to a concert or two with me.

My grandmother's funeral was very nice and it was somewhat of a relief to finally get it over with. My grandfather is doing as well as you can when you almost die and bury your wife in the same week. The Red Sox five game winning streak definitely helped matters. Last Xmas, my dad and his sister and brother bought my grandfather a 42 inch Toshiba HDTV so every night we would gather in the living room and watch the game. It was alot of fun.

Then Saturday night, while we were cooking lobsters on the grill, an older gentlemen drove up to my grandfather's place in his boat (he lives on a lake) and my dad went down to talk to him. He told my dad that when he was in high school, he was a misfit and his parents threw him out of his house because he never went to class. My grandmother saw him walking down the road with all his stuff, invited him into their house and talked with him a bit. She convinced him that he needed to go back to school and get back in his parents good graces. So he stayed with my grandparents for a week or so and then my grandmother called his parents and they all came over and had a big talk. His parents took him back and he returned to school and graduated. He basically told my dad that if it wasn't for my grandmother, he didn't know where he would be today. It was a nice story.

Yesterday I got up at the ungodly hour of 4:30 AM for my flight back to DC. Then I went drove to Winchester to pick up my computer and a few other things and finished moving in. I tried to convince myself I could do without a computer desk, but after I set everything up on the floor, I said "Eff this" and drove to Ikea and got a new computer desk that I almost bought on the name alone. I picked up a few other things and then drove home and started to put it together. Needless to say, by the end of the night, I was pooped.

As for my new apartment, it's the fucking bee's knee's. One bedroom with walk in closet plus attached loft plus private bathroom. Eat your heart out New Yorkers! It's in a 3 bedroom townhouse in Alexandria and my roomies seem very nice. One has even offered to send my resume around to see if she can help me get a job. Here are some pics:

This is the bedroom. I have two windows that overlook the apartment complex and the walk in closet came complete with some tiggs California Closet shelving.

Here is the view up to the loft from the bedroom (notice the skylights, of which there are three). The door in the second picture leads to a storage space that runs the length of the attic. In NYC, it would be another bedroom. It's that big.

Here is the rest of the loft. I put my new computer desk on the wall opposite the white shelves. The second picture is the view from the loft down onto my bedroom. Pretty sweet, no? The apartment also has central AC, a dishwasher, a nice deck with a grill and a washer and dryer which is right outside my room. I used to have to walk three blocks to the laundromat! Now all I have to do is walk about 5 steps. We also have wireless cable internet so my new Airport card is coming in handy.

Now all I have to do is find a job to pay for it all. My interview last Thursday didn't go too well, but I'm not bummed because the position wasn't exactly what I wanted. Which means they'll probably be offering me the job any day now. Still, I'm excited to be here, anxious to transport the rest of my stuff up from NC and finally get on with my life.

Posted by Kyle in Permalink

Comments

Posted by: tien at July 12, 2004 10:12 AM

Posted by: Uncle Grambo at July 12, 2004 12:01 PM

Posted by: matt at July 12, 2004 12:18 PM

Posted by: redboy at July 12, 2004 12:25 PM

Posted by: Jason at July 12, 2004 1:19 PM

Posted by: Coolfer at July 12, 2004 3:37 PM

Posted by: Thigh Master at July 14, 2004 10:48 PM

Posted by: Culp at July 25, 2004 4:17 PM